Legislative Issues and Advocacy Alerts

Posted August 9, 2012
In a decision that poses an immediate threat to Oregon’s seed growers and organic vegetable producers, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) has fast-tracked the approval of canola production in Willamette Valley. On Friday, August 10, the ODA – in response to the biofuel industry – intends to file for a temporary rule to allow the growing of canola, including genetically engineered canola, in a previously designated protection zone surrounding Willamette Valley. Read more and take action.